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EP2460054 - METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR CALIBRATING AN ADJUSTABLE LENS [Right-click to bookmark this link]
StatusThe application has been refused
Status updated on  03.03.2017
Database last updated on 16.07.2024
Most recent event   Tooltip03.03.2017Refusal of applicationpublished on 05.04.2017  [2017/14]
Applicant(s)For all designated states
Lightcraft Technology, LLC
612 Venice Boulevard
Venice, CA 90291 / US
[2012/23]
Inventor(s)01 / MACK, Newton, Eliot
110 Vista Place 7
Venice CA 90291 / US
02 / MASS, Philip, R.
6115 Se 20th Avenue
Portland OR 97202 / US
 [2012/23]
Representative(s)Goodwin, Mark
Wilson Gunn
5th Floor
Blackfriars House The Parsonage
Manchester M3 2JA / GB
[N/P]
Former [2012/23]Goodwin, Mark
Wilson Gunn 5th Floor Blackfriars House The Parsonage
Manchester M3 2JA / GB
Application number, filing date10804873.708.07.2010
WO2010US41305
Priority number, dateUS20090230270P31.07.2009         Original published format: US 230270 P
[2012/23]
Filing languageEN
Procedural languageEN
PublicationType: A2 Application without search report
No.:WO2011014340
Date:03.02.2011
Language:EN
[2011/05]
Type: A2 Application without search report 
No.:EP2460054
Date:06.06.2012
Language:EN
The application published by WIPO in one of the EPO official languages on 03.02.2011 takes the place of the publication of the European patent application.
[2012/23]
Search report(s)International search report - published on:KR28.04.2011
(Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on:EP01.02.2013
ClassificationIPC:G03B21/00, G03B21/14, G02B27/22, G02B27/02, G06T7/00
[2013/10]
CPC:
H04N17/002 (EP,US); G03B13/22 (EP,US); H04N23/60 (EP,US);
H04N5/2224 (EP,US)
Former IPC [2012/23]G03B21/00, G03B21/14, G02B27/22, G02B27/02
Designated contracting statesAL,   AT,   BE,   BG,   CH,   CY,   CZ,   DE,   DK,   EE,   ES,   FI,   FR,   GB,   GR,   HR,   HU,   IE,   IS,   IT,   LI,   LT,   LU,   LV,   MC,   MK,   MT,   NL,   NO,   PL,   PT,   RO,   SE,   SI,   SK,   SM,   TR [2012/23]
TitleGerman:VERFAHREN UND SYSTEME ZUR KALIBRIERUNG EINER EINSTELLBAREN LINSE[2012/23]
English:METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR CALIBRATING AN ADJUSTABLE LENS[2012/23]
French:PROCÉDÉS ET SYSTÈMES D'ÉTALONNAGE D UN OBJECTIF RÉGLABLE[2012/23]
Entry into regional phase24.01.2012National basic fee paid 
24.01.2012Search fee paid 
24.01.2012Designation fee(s) paid 
24.01.2012Examination fee paid 
Examination procedure24.01.2012Examination requested  [2012/23]
28.08.2013Amendment by applicant (claims and/or description)
11.06.2014Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M06)
19.12.2014Reply to a communication from the examining division
06.10.2016Application refused, date of legal effect [2017/14]
06.10.2016Date of oral proceedings
21.10.2016Despatch of communication that the application is refused, reason: substantive examination [2017/14]
21.10.2016Minutes of oral proceedings despatched
Divisional application(s)The date of the Examining Division's first communication in respect of the earliest application for which a communication has been issued is  11.06.2014
Fees paidRenewal fee
25.07.2012Renewal fee patent year 03
29.07.2013Renewal fee patent year 04
28.07.2014Renewal fee patent year 05
10.07.2015Renewal fee patent year 06
Penalty fee
Additional fee for renewal fee
31.07.201607   M06   Not yet paid
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Documents cited:Search[X]EP1211520  (BRITISH BROADCASTING CORP [GB]) [X] 1-15 * paragraph [0061] - paragraph [0064]; figures 1,2 * * paragraph [0073] - paragraph [0083] *;
 [X]  - YONG-SHENG CHEN ET AL, "Camera calibration with a motorized zoom lens", PATTERN RECOGNITION, 2000. PROCEEDINGS. 15TH INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON SEPTEMBER 3-7, 2000; [PROCEEDINGS OF THE INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON PATTERN RECOGNITION. (ICPR)], LOS ALAMITOS, CA, USA,IEEE COMPUT. SOC, US, (20000903), vol. 4, doi:10.1109/ICPR.2000.902965, ISBN 978-0-7695-0750-7, pages 495 - 498, XP010533126 [X] 1-15 * the whole document *

DOI:   http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/ICPR.2000.902965
 [X]  - SIMON CRONK ET AL, "Automated metric calibration of colour digital cameras", THE PHOTOGRAMMETRIC RECORD, (20061201), vol. 21, no. 116, doi:10.1111/j.1477-9730.2006.00380.x, ISSN 0031-868X, pages 355 - 372, XP055051079 [X] 1-15 * the whole document *

DOI:   http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1477-9730.2006.00380.x
 [X]  - SHINICHIRO HIROOKA ET AL, "3D Camera Calibration Using Gray Code Patterns", ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING, 2008. ICEE 2008. SECOND INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON, IEEE, PISCATAWAY, NJ, USA, (20080325), ISBN 978-1-4244-2292-0, pages 1 - 2, XP031295149 [X] 1-15 * the whole document *
 [A]  - KEISUKE TATENO ET AL, "A Nested Marker for Augmented Reality", VIRTUAL REALITY CONFERENCE, 2007. VR '07. IEEE, IEEE, PI, (20070301), ISBN 978-1-4244-0905-1, pages 259 - 262, XP031080326 [A] 1-15 * Section 3.1 *
International search[A]WO2004012141  (ZAXEL SYSTEMS INC [US]);
 [X]JP2004212213  (HATAO YASUKI, et al);
 [A]JP2007096964  (CLARION CO LTD);
 [A]JP2009168461  (PANASONIC CORP)
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